| ▲ | tompark 5 days ago | |
I agree, some of the worst employees I've seen were hired that way. I haven't hired anyone recently but btwn 10-20 years ago I did hire a lot. Of course we reached out via our network of connections but that gets tapped out fast, so you have to rely on job postings. It was always hundreds of applicants per opening. Back then it wasn't 1000's but it might as well have been because I didn't have enough time to sift through them all. That's ok, you can just approach it like "the dowry problem" (also known as the secretary problem [1]). But the job market and hiring is way worse now, and it's pretty horrible for job seekers atm. | ||